Barbados 4548

Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates

9^th Jan 1837 | 137 Enslaved | £3050 15s 8d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 327.

T71/562 p. 172: 139 enslaved persons were registered by John Alleyne Beckles in 1834.

See also the counterclaims under Barbados claim no. 1, all withdrawn here as before.

Further Information

Colony

Barbados

Claim No.

4548

Contested

Yes

Associated Individuals (1)

Associated Estates (1)

Baxters [ Barbados ]

Further Information

People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Barbados 4548', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/6116 [accessed 22nd January 2025].

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